Mail-bag



(No Model.)

L. G. HUBER.

MAIL BAG.

No. 871,888. Patented Oct. 18,1887.

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LOUIS C. HUBER, OF HUBER, KENTUCKY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,888. dated October 18, 1887.

Application filed June $25, 1887.

To @Z3 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS C. HUBER, a citizen of the United States, resident at Huber, in the county of Bullitt and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MailIouches; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being` had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a frontclcvation of my improved mail-pouch. Fig. 2 is a back view. Fig. 3 is afront view, with bag closed. Fig. 4 is a back view, with bag closed.

The invention relates to improvements in mail bags or pouches, the object being to pro Vide asafe,sim ple, and effective means for lockthe same; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the sack provided with a circular botto1n,as shown, and having the rings c a connected to it by means of leather straps, one ring being on the bottom and the other on the side of the pouch near the top. The rings are for catching the bags by trains, in the well-understood manner.

The body ofthe bag is made with but a.

single seam, which runs down the back near one side parallel to its edge. The front, B, of the bag is shorter than the back C, the central and side flaps D, and E F, respectively, extend.- ing up from the latter. The side llaps are equal and rectangular above the edge of the front of the bag; but the central flap, D, has its side edges converging upward, and it has secured to its front surface a staple, d, attached to a metal plate riveted to the leather of which the bag is composed, the said staple standing up and down, or longitudinally to the bag.

G and I-I are eyelet-plates secured, respectively, to the front and back of the bag, registering with each other, and in such position that when the central flap is turned down the staple d will pass through the eyelets of said plates, the eyelets standing longitudinally,

Serial No. $142,515. (No model.)

I I are triangular frames having two legs, each of which is riveted to the front surface of the mail-bag, with its shorter transverse leg,

diately below one of the ilaps E or F. The longer leg,',of each frame stands outwardand downward at an angle of forty-live degrees from the inner end of the shorter leg.

J K are eyelet-plates secured transversely to the front surfaces of the flaps E F in such position that when the flaps are turned over on the lower edges of the inclined legs t" of the frames I the eyelets of said plates will register with those of the plates G II.

To close the bag, the side flaps are folded down, one on the other, and the central flap then folded down, passing the staple d through the four eyelet-plates and engaging it in the rear side of the bag by a padlock, L. There are then four thicknesses of leather at each side, under the flap, and live thicknesses of leather under the central flap.

I am aware that mail-pouches have been made provided with eyelets and staples, and having two projecting parts or folds, one on each side of the opening; that mail-bags have been made having an open mouth and adapted to4 be closed by folding the corners thereof over at an angle to the sides, and then folded longitudinally across the angle made in folding the corners, all secured with staple and lock, and that folding ends for a inail-pouch have been provided with eyelets and staples and a lock permanently attached to the bag; and these devices I do not desire to claim, broadly. My invention has rectangular ilaps and the central converging flap, integral with one side of the bag, all designed to fold in such a manner as to present only five thicknesses of leather to the engaging-staple, and also has a triangular metal frame riveted to the bag, one leg of which comes directly under the outer lap as a stay to the bag material, and as a guide for the folds.

Having deeeribed une invention, i e1enn l. In a mail-bag having one side shorter than the other, the rectangular flaps E F, being integral with one side of the bag and provided with the eyelet-plates .I K, the central i, along thel upper edge of the same and imme flap, D, integral with the bag, having its side reo edges converging upward, and the staple-jd and outward and secured with rvets, substantherein, as and for the purpose specified. tially as specified. ro

2. In a mail-bag, in combination with the In testimony whereof I affix my signature in flaps D and the flaps E F, the angular frames presence of nwo witnesses. 5 I I, having the two legs i i', the shorter trans- L. C. HUBER.

verse leg, i, united along the upper edge of the Witnesses: bag immediately below the aps E F, the S. W. BENNETT,

longer leg of each frame standing downward JOHN CLARY. 

